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How to say 'Various' in Japanese | 彼是

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The Japanese word for Various is 'Arekore', written as 彼是 in Japanese.'Various' in hiragana is あれこれ.

    word

    彼是

    Meaning

    Various

    Reading

    あれこれ

    arekore

    Kanji

    Third person pronoun, He Right, Absolutely

    Explanation

    The Japanese noun '彼是 (あれこれ)' means 'various' or 'this and that'. It is used to refer to a variety of things or matters in a non-specific way. This word is often used when discussing multiple topics, items, or tasks without going into detail about each one. For example: I have various things to do today「今日は彼是やることがある」(きょうはあれこれやることがある). She talked about various things「彼女は彼是話した」(かのじょはあれこれはなした). The word can also imply a sense of being overwhelmed by the number of things or tasks, as in '彼是忙しい (あれこれいそがしい) (busy with various things)'.

    Part Of Speech

    noun

    Kanji JLPT

    N1

    Kanji Grade

    7

    Frequency

    5807

    Composition

    kanji

    Handwriting

Kanji in the Word 彼是

This word contains 2 kanji characters:

  • kanji

    Meaning

    Third person pronoun, He

  • kanji

    Meaning

    Right, Absolutely

Words Related to 彼是 Through the Kanji

These 9 Words contain the Kanji 彼 as well.

  • word

    Meaning

    He

  • word

    彼女

    Meaning

    She, Girlfriend

  • word

    彼の

    Meaning

    That

  • word

    彼れ

    Meaning

    That

  • word

    彼ら

    Meaning

    They

  • word

    彼奴

    Meaning

    That guy

  • word

    彼氏

    Meaning

    Boyfriend

  • word

    彼処

    Meaning

    There

  • word

    彼方

    Meaning

    Yonder

Words Related to 彼是 Through the Kanji

This Word contains the Kanji 是 as well.

  • word

    是非

    Meaning

    Certainly

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'Arekore' means 'Various' .

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